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           TheChurchofChristisnowinbeing,andthefaithofChrististhefoundationofaChristianstate.CivillawisanoffenceagainstGodunlessitbealsoChristian."

           Theyoungmansmiled."Idonotdenyit.ThisrealmofoursisprofessedlyaChristianrealm--Iwoulditweremoretrulyso.Butthatdoesnotexemptitfromobediencetothoselawsofgovernmentwithoutwhichnorealm,Christianorpagan,mayendure.Ifamanissoillasmiththathecannotshoemyhorse,IwillbenonethebetterservedbecauseheisagoodChristian.Ifalandbeillgoverned,thedisasterwillbenotthelessgreatbecausethegovernorsaremenofGod.IfhisMajesty--totakeapertinentexample--overridethelawtothepeople’sdetriment,thattyrannywillbenotthelessgrievousbecausehisMajestybelievesinhisheartthatheisperformingadutytowardstheAlmighty.Honestintentionwillnotcurefaultypractice,andthefoolisthefoolwhetherhebeunbelieverorprofessor."

           Davidshookhishead."Wheredoesyourargumenttend?Ifeartoschism."

           "Notso.IamanorthodoxsonoftheKirk,aloyalservantofhisMajesty,andapassionateScot.Here,myfriend,ismysimpleconfession.Thereisbutonemasterintheland,anditsnameisLaw--whichisinitselfacreationofafreepeopleundertheinspirationoftheAlmighty.Thatlawmaybechangedbythepeople’swill,buttillitbesochangeditistobereveredandobeyed.IthasordainedtheKing’sprerogative,therightsofthesubject,andtherightsanddutiesoftheKirk.

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